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HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Rocking Chair No. 2
signed, dated and stamped with foundry mark 'Moore/1950' (on the underside)
bronze with a dark brown/black patina
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high
Conceived in 1950 and cast by Valsuani, Paris, in an edition of 6, plus an artist's cast.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner's father in 1953, and by descent.
Literature
W. Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore London, 1960, p. 7, no. 113, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore Sculpture 1950-60, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1960, n.p., no. 1, another cast illustrated.
D. Hall, Henry Moore The Life and Work of a Great Sculptor, London, 1966, pp. 122-123, another cast illustrated.
I. Jianou, Henry Moore Paris, 1968, p. 76, no. 259.
R. Melville, Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, pp. 167, 354, no. 399, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore 80th Birthday Exhibition, Bradford, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1978, n.p., no. 63, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, 80/80: Catalogue of an exhibition of 80 works by Henry Moore to celebrate the artist’s 80th Birthday, London, Thomas Gibson Fine Art, 1978, p. 20, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
D. Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore Sculpture: with comments by the artist, London, 1981, pp. 105, 331, no. 199, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore Sculpture, Drawings and Graphics 1921-1981, Madrid, British Council, Palacio Velazquez and Palacio De Cristal, 1981, p. 105, no. 199, another cast illustrated.
J. María Salvador, exhibition catalogue, ExposicioÌ?n de Escultura, Dibujos y Grabados de Henry Moore Caracas, Mueseo de Arte ContemporaÌ?neo, 1983, n.p., no. E63, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore Complete Sculpture: 1949-54, Vol. 2, London, 1986, n.p., no. 275, pl. 15, another cast illustrated.
S. Compton, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore London, Royal Academy, 1988, pp. 88, 225, no. 109, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore Intime, Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art, 1992, pp. 81, 179, no. Fa-18, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore Sculpture from the 1940s and 50s, London, Waddington Galleries, 1995, pp. 10-11, no. 3, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Sculpture in the Home Re-Staging a Post-War Initiative, Leeds, Henry Moore Institute, 2008, another cast illustrated on the cover.
C. Stephens (ed.), exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore London, Tate Britain, 2010, pp. 186, 214, no. 127, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Henry Moore Sculpture 1950-60, November - December 1960, no. 1, another cast exhibited.
Bradford, Arts Council of Great Britain, Art Galleries and Museum, Henry Moore 80th Birthday Exhibition, April - June 1978, no. 63, another cast exhibited.
London, Thomas Gibson Fine Art, 80/80: Catalogue of an exhibition of 80 works by Henry Moore to celebrate the artist’s 80th Birthday, July - August 1978, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Madrid, British Council, Palacio Velazquez and Palacio De Cristal, Henry Moore Sculpture, Drawings and Graphics, May - July 1981, no. 199, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, September - November 1981; and Barcelona, Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró December 1981 - January 1982.
Caracas, Museo de Arte ContemporaÌ?neo, ExposicioÌ?n de Escultura, Dibujos y Grabados de Henry Moore March 1983, no. E63, another cast exhibited.
London, Royal Academy, Henry Moore September - December 1988, no. 109, another cast exhibited.
Petrodvorets, Benois Museum, Henry Moore The Human Dimension, June - August 1991, no. 64, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Moscow, Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, 1991.
Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art, Henry Moore Intime, September - November 1992, no. Fa-18, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Kitakyushu, Municipal Museum of Art, November 1992 - January 1993; Hiroshima, City Museum of Contemporary Art, April - May 1993; and Oita, Prefectural Museum of Art, June - August 1993.
New York, Hirshhorn Museum, The Human Figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum, March - May 1995, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced: this exhibition travelled to Otsu, Shigo Museum of Modern Art, July - August 1995; Tokyo, Odakyu Museum, August 1995; Iwaki, City Art Museum, September - November 1995; and Takamatsu, City Art Museum, November - December 1995.
London, Waddington Galleries, Henry Moore Sculpture from the 1940s and 50s, May - June 1995, no. 3, another cast exhibited.
Leeds, Henry Moore Institute, Sculpture in the Home Re-Staging a Post-War Initiative, October 2008 - January 2009, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced.
London, Tate Britain, Henry Moore February - August 2010, no. 127, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, October 2010 - February 2011; Leeds, City Art Gallery, March - June 2011.
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, on long term loan, 2016 - 2022.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.